Italy / Venezia Giulia year 1918 1l – Porto stamp

Italy / Venezia Giulia year 1918 1l – Porto stamp

The stamp is a significant item from the period immediately following World War I, when Italy began occupying territories of the dissolved Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Here are the details for the Italy / Venezia Giulia 1918 1 Lira “Porto” (Postage Due) stamp:

🇮🇹 Venezia Giulia Occupation Issue (1918)

• Region: Venezia Giulia, a territory occupied by Italian forces in November 1918 and later annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• Type of Stamp: Segnatasse (Postage Due, or “Porto” in Italian). These stamps were used to collect unpaid or underpaid postage from the recipient.
• Issue Date: Late 1918.
• Origin: This stamp is an original Italian Postage Due stamp from 1890-1903 (the standard numeral series) that was overprinted with the words “VENEZIA GIULIA” (or sometimes a combination of Regno d’Italia Venetia Giulia) to authorize its use in the occupied territories.
• Denomination: 1 Lira (1 L.).

💰 Value and Catalogue Information

The value of this particular stamp depends heavily on its specific type (which Italian base stamp was used), its color, and its condition.

The most common version is the 1 Lira Postage Due overprinted “VENEZIA GIULIA.”